It is an aa the name o the municipality's main ceety Aalborg an the site o its municipal cooncil, as well as the name o a seaport.

The municipality an the ceety hae chosen tae retain the traditional spellin o the name as Aalborg, although the new spellin Ålborg is uised in ither contexts, such as Ålborg Bight (Ålborg Bugt), the body o water which lies tae the east o the Jutland peninsula.

The waters in the Limfjord splittin the municipality are cried Langerak tae the east an Gjøl Bredning tae the wast. The island o Egholm is locatit in Gjøl Bredning, an is connectit bi ferry tae the ceety of Aalborg at its soothren shore.

The aurie is typical for the north o Jutland. Tae the wast the Limfjord broadens intae an irregular lake (salt water), wi law, marshy shores an mony islands. Northwast is Store Vildmose ("Greater Wild bog"), a swamp whaur a mirage is sometimes seen in simmer. Sootheast lies the similar Lille Vildmose ("Lesser Wild bog"). Store Vildmose wis drained an fermed in the beginnin o the 20t century, an Lille Vildmose is nou the lairgest moor in Denmark.